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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Skippack Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skippack Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Skippack Ridge:
- 40.220100, -75.443500
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Skippack Ridge
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Skippack Ridge is near Chester County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Skippack Ridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skippack Ridge ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cedars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Collegeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Creamery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Delphi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delphi is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Fox Heath
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Heath is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Heath
- Harmony Towne
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harmony Towne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Towne
- Heather View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heather View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather View
- Pennypacker Road
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pennypacker Road is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Road
- Providence Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Providence Green is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Green
- Providence Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Providence Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Knoll
- Providence Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Meadows is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Meadows
- Providence Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Providence Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Ridge
- Sugar Hill Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill Farms
How Far From Skippack Ridge to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Skippack Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skippack Ridge and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Skippack Ridge to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 124 miles [199.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skippack Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Skippack Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Skippack Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2201, Longitude: -75.4435 In this case, the coordinates for Skippack Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.845 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.501 degrees. |
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